Most sane people, like you and me, do all we can to avoid prison. Not these idiots in New Zealand though, they broke into prison to steal a 50-inch plasma TV. The numbnuts set some drapes in an administrative building afire and that's when police realized the New Plymouth Prison, a minimum to high security prison, had…

Samsung is releasing a new 3D-capable Plasma TV at the sweet price of $989—a full $400 less than its current entry-level 3D set. The 50" PN50C490 sports an odd 1365 x 768p resolution, but hey—cheap(er) 3D.

We can't totally figure this out, but we're trying: Pioneer Europe just promised to ship second-generation Kuro plasmas as early as June, yep TVs stated by the company to be five times better than the "best TV ever," the current Kuro plasmas. Pioneer US says that it will be announcing plasmas soon, but that its lineup…

Vizio's Plasma line gets fancy with affordable 1080p and 720p sets. Other than having a special set with Silicon Optix HQV and another line with all-in-one home theater speakers, there's not a whole lot special (besides Vizio's pricing). Hit the jump for all the models.

It's the "my TV is bigger than yours" wars and though Samsung seems to have won the LCD part of it, Matsushita (maker of Panasonic products) is pulling a ridiculous 103-inch plasma out of its ass to take the cake at this year's CES. In Korea, Samsung has the largest plasma on the market at 80-inches and $130,200 and…

LG is now using Seagate hard drives in plasma TVs as part of a digital video recorder combo. I've seen LG's combo plasma TV the last few years at CES and I'm always drooling, so it's good to have a well-known company like Seagate helping out. LGs PY2DR series includes a 160GB hard drive which stores about 14 hours of…